USS Pocono (AGC-16) was an Adirondack-class amphibious force command ship named after a range of Pocono Mountains in eastern Pennsylvania. She was designed as an amphibious force flagship, a floating command post with advanced communications equipment and extensive combat information spaces to be used by the amphibious forces commander and ...

Pocono (AGC-16), an amphibious force flagship, was laid down 30 November 1944 and launched 25 January 1945 by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, N. C., sponsored by Miss Mary V. Carmines of Messick, acquired by the Navy 15 February 1945; towed to Boston for fitting out; and commissioned 29 December 1945, Captain H. A. Sailor in ...

The USS Pocono Association is a reunion organization with the goal of reuniting former crewmen for social events at popular vacation locations. Join us and renew old friendships and make new friends. So far the Pocono Crew List contains over 1,000 former Pocono crewmen who served from the first commissioning in 1945 through her final ...

The U.S.S. POCONO was named after the famous range of mountains in eastern Pennsylvania. The ship's keel was laid down on November 30, 1944 by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company at Wilmington, NC and was built with a standard maritime class C-2 hull.

The USS Pocono is being decommissioned today after twenty-six years and eight months of prideful and dedicated service. She has accomplished her missions under the professional guidance, leadership and unselfish dedication of twenty-six Commanding Officers, their officers and men. It is through the personal efforts of these former “Captains”

2015年8月24日 · Pocono (AGC-16), an amphibious force flagship, was laid down 30 November 1944 and launched 25 January 1945 by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, N. C., sponsored by Miss Mary V....

2021年5月5日 · USS Pocono (AGC-16) underway, 18 March 1946, location unknown. Pocono eliminated some of the merchant ship features of the earlier AGCs; she had only a pole mast aft, and her two forward kingposts were made considerably lighter. The port kingpost carries radar direction finders. She also has a much-reduced boat outfit.

USS Pocono (AGC-16) was an Adirondack class amphibious force command ship named after a range of mountains in Eastern Pennsylvania. She was designed as an amphibious force flagship, a floating command post with advanced communications equipment and extensive combat information spaces to be used...

2006年5月5日 · The USS Pocono was an Amphibious Force Flagship (AGC-16) that measured 459 feet and 2 inches long, 63 feet wide, and would travel at 16 knots. Hosting 130 officers and 1200 men, the USS Pocono’s principal mission was to provide extensive communication (via radio and radar) for commanding amphibious operations.

USS Pocono (AGC-16) was an Adirondack class amphibious force command ship named after a range of mountains in Eastern Pennsylvania. She was designed as an amphibious force flagship, a floating command post with advanced communications equipment and extensive combat information spaces to be used by the amphibious forces commander and landing ...